As it turns out my post on the postmodern legislation (here) happening in some countries may be an example of a cure that kills the patient in a variety of ways. Possibly, not only might truth die, but love may have to go too. What made me think about love dying too was a recent post by Chuck Colson. He believes that Europe and possibly Japan maybe in serious decline because of population issues. (Hang in there, I'll come back to love).
What is interesting to me after reflecting on Chuck’s post is possibly selfishness is the root cause of both these different issues. Laws that “protect” religions from criticism may be motivated, in part, by a growing soft-shell world. A soft-shell world is fear and protection based such that people are assumed to be primarily vulnerable rather than durable. This view quickly degenerates into a population of victims where no one can say anything that might crush the other person’s soft-shell. When this is the case we accept the culture of one and allow each person to have infallible-like views of themselves. In doing so we free ourselves of any responsibility to help, correct, and maybe truly love another person (love entails RISK, and possible injury to self). Ultimately this culture of one must stay this way. As a result, families, where self-sacrifice is necessary for success, are avoided. This is possibly what is going on in Europe and Japan if Chuck is correct. Ironically, our individual greatest need is love which seems to entail more than one person in relationship; possibly, it requires three. In a solipsistic world, truth and love are just not in the picture.
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The promotion of Zero Population Growth by the Left, and a few in the Right, is rearing it's ugly head.
Europe's socialistic way of life will ulitimately fail because there not be enough in the next generations to support its way of life. They've also long ago stopped being a religious society and that has hurt the most. Most Europeans will not speak of themselves as being religious (read Christian).
Here in America, we've been spared partly by our JudeoChirstian values and the great number of immigrants--though sometime illegal--who come here with a Christian background. America makes more of an attempt to assimilate the new immigrants and I think that has helped the most. The Left is attempting to stop the process of assimilation by trying to get rid of civics classes in schools and encouraging "cultural diversity". The teaching that all cultures are equal is very damaging.
We have to fight the "Europeanization" of America. If we do, we will be fine.
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